Rohit Sharma is a classic cult batsman of this era; he has scored innings in all three formats of international cricket. He has appeared in 230 One-day matches and 45 test matches where he scored 9283 and 3137 runs, respectively, with fabulous averages in all two formats. He is the first Indian batter to break the streak of 100 matches in the T20I format. He has a lot of best performances in his archives, like the gritty ton he recently scored in a 4th test match against England last year. Here are the bunch of his top 10 knocks in all cricket formats.
264 (173 balls) – IND vs SL in 2014
Rohit Sharma has been empathetic against Angelo Mathews-led the Sri-Lankan cricket team. Batting first, India put a monstrous score of 404/5. Rohit had hit 33 fours and 9 sixes and scored runs with the pace of 152.60. In reply, Sri Lanka had scored 251 runs with the loss of all 10 wickets, and India won the match by 153 runs.
177 (301 balls) – IND vs WI in 2013
In a 200th test match of Indian Great Sachin Tendulkar, also the first test match of Rohit Sharma was entirely owned by India. Rohit has been involved in a record-making knock, where he scored 177 runs in 301 balls, including 13 fours and 1 six. He made a record of hitting a daddy hundred in his career’s very debut test match.
209 (158 balls) – IND vs AUS in 2013
The year 2013 was a glorifying calendar year of Rohit Sharma’s life, where he scored the first double ton of his career. Rohit looked so sublime in the 7th one-day match against Australia at M Chidambaram stadium, Bangalore. Batting first, India set a mountainous target of 384 for Australia, which the visitors could not attain, and Rohit undoubtedly got the man of the match award for his superb knock.
208* (153 balls) – IND vs SL in 2017
Rohit Sharma had hit the 3rd double ton of his one-day career – 208* in just 153 balls, including 13 fours and 12 sixes in it. This is his second double century against his favorite opponent, the Sri Lankans. India scored 392/4 in the 1st innings, whereas the Thisara Perera-led Sri Lanka can only reach up to 251/8, and India won the match by 141 runs.
109* (60 balls) – MI vs KKR in 2012
Rohit had made a dismantling ton against the Gautam Gambhir leading Kolkata Knight Riders and delivered another win For Mumbai. MI scored 181/1 in the first innings and made it a tricky chase for KKR. As expected, Kolkata fell short of a mediocre score of 155/4 and lost the match by 27 runs.
140 (113 balls) – IND vs PAK in 2019
Rohit Sharma is a crucial batsman in a highly prestigious tournament like the 50 over World Cup. Rohit had done a phenomenal job for India in a high-intensity match against Pakistan in 2019. He had batted aggressively and hit 140(113), having 14 fours and 3 sixes involved, while Pakistan failed to score a target of 337, and India won the match by 89 runs.
